Baggage-tag



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BAGGAGE TAG.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 27, 19|?.

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UNITED STATES'PSATENT oEFicE.

CHARLES A. Femmes', or'wasnmeroiv; DISTRICT or c'oL-UMBiA.

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' Specification of Letters Yatent.

Application inea.November` 27, 1917. serial No. 204,168.,

To all fui/10m t maa/concern 15e 1t known that I, CHARLES A.` FETTERS,

.citizen of the United States, residing' at fashingtoin District ol Columbia, have inrented certain new and usetul Improvements in Baggage-Tags, of which the tollowing is a speciticatioin reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawing. i

The invention relates to baggage `tags and more particularly to tags used in hotels and other public places Where articles are checked. i

It is the object of the inventionto provide a baggage tag', by the vuse ot which7 it will be impossible for the articleto be* given out to the Wrong party'by'the clerk,

and at the saine time so construct the tag,

so that Whenthe article is checked, the depositor will sign his name on a deposit section and receive a numeraled coupon7 upon the returl'i of which he will again` signa re!-y ceipt section ot the tag; which is so attached and folded over the deposit section. that it will be impossible for him to See the signature on the deposit section. It both signatures agree the article is delivered to the holder oi the numeraled coupon by the clerk.

A further object or' the invention is to provide a baggage check so constructed that it Will be impossible for the fraudulent holder o't the numeraled coupon to obtain the article checked. l

.-11 'further object is to construct a baggage check so that the hotel clerk or other checking agent will have a complete receipt containing the signature of the depositor and the number ot the clerk who originally checked the article, also the clerk who cour pared the signatures of the depositor and del'vered the checked article to the holder of the numbered coupon.

A further object is to provide a baggage check having similarly numbered deposit and receipt sections and a numbered cou pon attached to one ot the deposit or re ceipt sections.

A further object is to provide the tags with insurance application and policy sections.

In practical fields the details of the invention may necessitate alterations falling Within the scope of Whatis claimed.

The invention comprises `further features and combination oit parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In fthe drawingsz-` i f l I *igure 1 1s a plan `view of` the baggage check,r showing an insurance application and policyattached thereto.`

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the baggage check showing the receipt section folded over the deposit section.

Fig.3 is a perspective vieu7 ot' the baggage check showing the same kfolded and the insurance application and policy (folded between the deposit and receiptsection, coupon being' detached. q i F'g. 4 is a perspectiveview of the baggage `tag,showingy the same attached to a piece of baggage. f

Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofy a paper clip for holding the tag folded.

.Referring to the drawings; 1 designates the baggage tag as a whole. The tag comprises tivo sections 2 and 3, section 2 be-` ing the deposit section and is provided With a series of lines 4r, for the namel 5 yand address 6 or" the depositor of an article. Section 2 is also provided With lines 7 and 8 :t'or the number of the clerk checking `the article and the value oit the same. A num* b er 9 is placed on the section 2, which num ber is the general numeral of all of the sections of the tag. A

The receipt section 3, comprises tWo sec tions 10 and 11, the section 10 is the receipt section and the section 11 is the coupon part of the tag. These parts are integral, but a scored line 12 is provided, so that they may be easily separated when the coupon is delivered to the depositor of the article. The receipt section 10 is provided With a series et' lines 13 for the signature and address o'l' the depositor when he calls for and desires to obtain the article checked. It is also provided with lines 14 and 15 for the number of the clerk delivering the article to the depositor and the value thereof. A number 16 is placed on the receipt section 10, which correspondswvith and is the same as the number 9 on the deposit section. The coupon section is provided With a number 17 which corresponds with and is the same as the numbers 9 and 16 on the deposit and receipt sections.

Both sections may be provided With apertures 18 and 19, the aperture 18 being for the reception of a string 2() whereby the check may be attached to the article checked While the aperture 19 lmay be used for tiling the coupon.

Patented July A12, 1921.'

Vhen an varticle is checked, the depositor Writes his name and address on the lines 4 of the deposit section 2 and the clerk fills 'in his number and the value of the article, `after which the coupon is detached and delivered to the. depositor of the article The clerk then folds the receipt section over the de-Y posit section on theline 21. When folded the two sectionscaresecured together by a fastenerjof any suitable character, said fastener ,being designated by the numeral'22,v hef then ties the tag to the article` checked.V When the depositor desiresfto secure the line 14 of the receipt and also, if desired,

the value of the article. i i

The deposit section 2 is provided extension 23 which extension is divided into sections 24 and 25. application for insurance on the article,

With an The section 24 is for an While the section 25 is for the insurance policy.- The extension 23 is provided with scored lines 26 and 27 so that the sections 24 and 25 may be folded between the deposit and receipt sections 2 and 3 of the check, as plainly shown in Fig. 7 of the Y drawings. By so constructing a tag it Will be seenv that the depositor may insure his baggage and also it Will be seen that a check is provided wherein it will be impossible for the article cheeked t0 Y be obtained by a fraudulent holder of the coupon. Y

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as neu7 and useful is A baggage tag formed from a plurality of oblong shaped sections, scored lines between said sections and longitudinally dis-l posed in relation `to the sections, the adjacent oblong sections at one end of the plurality of sections being provided with apertured projecting portions Vadaptedto extend be yond the ends of the other oblong sections when disposed between the sections havingV the projections, the apertured projections being so positioned that When they'are-folded on each other the apertures will register and detachable means passing through said apertures for holding the tag in folded position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

CHARLES A. FETTERS. 

